Dark Chocolate Biscotti with Sea Salt Recipe

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Biscotti are the underdogs of the cookie world since they are usually hard and crunchy; their soft chewy counterparts get all the attention, but I LOVE THEM! I love to dip them in my morning coffee and savor their crunch […]

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Work Week Menu Plan Week of 2/16/15

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The bitter cold has returned to Central Virginia and snow is on the way. That means hearty meals for us! Sunday I made a homemade three cheese lasagna. It was the perfect hot meal for the 20 degree weather we […]

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Chopped Asian Slaw Recipe

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Cabbage is in season this time of year and usually rather inexpensive. Remember that the best way to save on produce is to shop in season. Make sure you checkout my list of winter produce that is in season. This […]

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Cheesy Baked Meatballs Recipe

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Okay cheese lovers, here is the perfect meatball recipe for you! I blended two flavors, Parmesan Cheese & Dubliner Cheese, from two nationalities (Italian & Irish) in this recipe. The result was a union of exquisite flavor and pure meatball […]

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Try Something New: Bearnaise Sauce

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This week a client that I (Litsa) cook for asked me to make him bearnaise sauce. It was one of those specialty sauces that I had not heard of before. He noted that it came in a package by the […]

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In Season: Maple Syrup

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There is nothing like the taste of real maple syrup! No, I am not talking about the imitation pancake syrup but real maple syrup! Maple syrup is made from the sap from the sugar maple tree and it is delicious! […]

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Perfect Scrambled Eggs Recipe

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What age were you when you first started learning to cook? I was young when I started helping my Mom prep in the kitchen but she didn’t have the patience to teach me or my siblings to cook. So I […]

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Work Week Menu Plan Week of 2/9/14

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This past weekend I finally got around to canning some peach jam and blackberry jam. At the end of the summer I had frozen some peach puree in a four cup package which is the exact measurement for jam. I […]

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